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#1 2005-12-05 23:10:21

Chris Russell
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Registered: 2005-12-05
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"Eaves dropping" vs. "Ease Dropping"

Someone mentioned to me that she’d always thought it was “ease dropping”. I told her she’d always been wrong. She laughed.

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#2 2005-12-06 00:05:26

patschwieterman
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Registered: 2005-10-25
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Re: "Eaves dropping" vs. "Ease Dropping"

Your friend isn’t alone. I’m not sure how to justify it in eggcorn terms, but it’s relatively common—over 600 Google hits. Examples:

I just lovelovelove all that kitschy stuff that you find in touristy places, and you can get some fabulous easedropping done, too.
http://www.salon.com/july97/wanderlust/ … 70729.html

Anthony I feel as if I am easedropping on the conversations here.
http://www.digitalimagecafe.com/view_ph … ?src=23246

Apparently it was a big deal because of international maritime law to regularly demonstrate our rights,also we were to do electronic easedropping .
http://www.vietnamviews.org/story.cfm?storyID=282

They used easedropping technics to snoop on people like Martin Luther King, Jr.
http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2001o … 008553.htm

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